A Special Night of Chanukah Mussar

Rabbi Yaron Reuven shares a story about teaching young children at a Yeshiva. The kids are very religious and dedicated to their studies, yet they seem to be confused about fundamental concepts like God's existence and the origins of humanity. The rabbi notes that these kids are surrounded by secular influence and questioning their faith, which is a worrying trend. He goes on to discuss the importance of finding answers to these questions and the consequences of leaving them unanswered. He emphasizes that one cannot truly be Jewish without believing in reward and punishment, which is a fundamental principle of Judaism. The rabbi then highlights the issue of people being distracted by worldly pursuits and losing sight of their spiritual goals. He uses the example of people being more focused on materialistic things like cars and money than on spiritual growth. He argues that this is a sign that the Greeks won the war, as Jews are still struggling with secular influences. 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Thank you for the opportunity and May Hashem bless you with a life full of Torah. #Judaism #Jewish #RabbiYaronReuven #Torah #Jews #JewishCommunity #KIRUV 00:00:00 Intoduction 00:00:12 Chanukah Greetings and Montreal Trip 00:01:23 Refuah Shlema and Introduction to Chanukah 00:02:46 Finding Past Chanukah Shiurim 00:03:40 Story: Moshe Rabbeinu vs Lebron James 00:04:39 Confusion in Yeshiva: Desire to Learn 00:06:01 Teaching Gemara,Chumash and Basic Beliefs 00:07:44 Importance of the Pshat 00:09:03 Confused Kids and Missing Sweetness 00:10:49 Asking Questions and The LeBron James Story 00:13:21 Desire To Learn the Truth and Flagellar motor 00:15:08 Montreal Success, Tzitziot, Mitpachot 00:17:31 Halacha Regarding Rambam School 00:19:30 Mixed Schools and Parental Views 00:20:52 Flagellar Motor vs Monkey Origins 00:22:29 Believing in Evolution and God 00:24:51 Wall Street Experience: Finding Red Flags 00:29:22 Confused Adults and The Greek Influence 00:32:31 Problems in the System and Rabbanut 00:34:17 Politics vs Rabbanut 00:35:47 Good News: Believing in God 00:36:54 Am Yisrael and Discovery of Truth 00:38:56 Discovery of Emet, Reword and Punishment 00:41:45 Finding the Emet and Waking Up 00:44:47 Bringing Her Back to Her Root 00:46:59 Discovering Basic Questions 00:49:12 99% Genes The Same and Purpose Of Life 00:50:37 Science Kefirah and Muslim Material 00:52:09 Lost War and Athletic 00:53:07 Smartest People Throughout All History 00:55:01 Anomalies and Statistics 00:55:57 Jews Brain and Drug 00:56:52 Value to Connect with Hashem 00:57:49 Good Morning and Manage 100 B$ 00:59:30 Brain Tools and Torah 01:00:27 The Emet of Shabbaton 01:01:50 Finding Emet to Upside Down Smile 01:04:54 Relationship: Always The Husband's Fault 01:06:59 Self Interest: Transactions 01:07:57 Obligation To Stop Worrying About Spous 01:08:47 Prime Example and Model Jew 01:11:17 Teacher And Principal Is The Kohen Gadol 01:12:18 Kohen Gadol Is a Women at Home 01:14:41 Mashiach Coming or Not? 01:16:56 Biggest Confusion In Our Generation 01:18:25 Resha'im VS Tzaddikim 01:19:56 Movie Can't Be As Scary As That Day 01:21:41 The Mashiach Is Not Gonna Be Fairy Tale 01:23:09 Everything Will Be the Same Price 01:25:17 Worthless Property and Collectiong Cars 01:27:58 Calculate Time/Money: Teshuvah 01:28:48 Most Scary Gemarot That Exist 01:31:23 Force Teshuva Like WW1/Hitler 01:33:49 What Do You Think and Visualize Messiah 01:35:20 Not Do Teshuva so Hordus Comes 01:36:49 Gaining Money Power: To Buy The Rabbinat 01:38:38 Emunah and Money Can Change Destiny? 01:40:06 Hordus Was Originally a Slave: Messag 01:41:18 Flawed Logics That breeds More 01:42:47 Most Worried About Esav? 01:44:31 Faulty Attitude Breeds Losers 01:45:30 Give A Pig InsTead Sheep: Use Torah VS Us 01:46:53 Give Soft Power: Faulty Educational System 01:48:19 Decree By Greeks and Ketubah 01:49:46 Singles Women and Mikve 01:51:48 Mission To Desroy Torah 01:53:14 Save Me Please From My Brother 01:54:44 Greeks and Decree 01:56:19 When Will Hashem Save Us? 01:57:29 Yehuda Superhero: Contol Over The World 01:59:22 What You Look Up To.. Is All Emet 02:00:18 Acknowledge To Fulfills The Entire Torah 02:01:13 Chanukah Holiday and Miracle 02:02:39 Oral Torah Depends On Chanukah 02:03:58 We Have To Stop Pretending 02:05:20 There Is No Difference and Not Part of Goyim 02:06:46 We Send Yaakov, He Comes Out Esav? 02:07:38 Not Continue Without You 02:08:36 To Serve Hashem Requires One Condition 02:09:58 Instructions of The Manufacture 02:10:59 Is Whether You Serve Him or Not 02:12:14 Full/Partial Hashem 02:13:52 You Loss Right To Live:70 02:15:18 Can Do Teshuvah: Mashiach Comes 02:17:14 Judgment Day/Judgment Day 02:19:13 It's Better Than Going to Gehinnom 02:21:04 What Happens The Next Day 02:23:15 Best to Talk Less 02:25:35 Part Of The People To Do Teshuvah 02:26:57 Avot Continues and Good night